Monthly Archives: May 2011

As I’ve mentioned in posts before, the town went all out to greet the visiting sailors when the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron made its annual visit to Rockport. Although the quality of this picture is poor, it shows sailors … Continue reading →

This postcard needs no explanation. Besides the small sailboat in the center of the picture, note the sails of a larger schooner in the background, just over Halibut Point. The postcard shows a copyright date of 1905. It was published … Continue reading →

This hand-colored picture of a Cape Ann fisherman is based on the black and white photograph shown to the right. It was taken sometime between 1900 and 1905 for the Detroit Publishing Company, which published this postcard in 1905. The … Continue reading →

Of the two lighthouses on Thacher Island, one — the southern tower shown here — is owned by the town of Rockport. The other, the northern tower, is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is maintained as … Continue reading →

Here is a circa 1885 map showing the Land’s End section of Rockport, from Loblolly Cove on the left to Pebble Beach on the right. In the center of the map is the Turk’s Head Inn and winding along the … Continue reading →

For Motif No. 1 Day, here’s a postcard that kind of sums up why we celebrate this old fishing shack. The caption on the back says: Outdoor art class at Rockport, Mass. Motif #1 most painted subject in U.S. Whether … Continue reading →